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The last 8 years have failed to produce the kind of change that the country required to lift it up instead the political and economic crisis has worsened.

It is generally agreed that the political stalemate of the last 8 years is a reflection of a leadership deficit that is characteristic of many post colonial states in which fear is the optimal currency used to regulate and manage political behaviour under the guise of consensus and nation building.

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"ZIMBABWE’S fractious opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will announce a unity deal within days while intensifying efforts to woe other significant political leaders in the ruling Zanu PF party and outside into its ranks, officials said.............."

Simon Khaya-Moyo feels the heat : Ambassador protests at protests

HARARE, Mach 4, 2008 (thezimbabwetimes.com) - The Zimbabwean ambassador to South Africa was scathing about a series of protests staged by pro-democracy groups at the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria.

“I hesitate to give an iota of dignity to these misguided malcontents,” Simon Khaya Moyo told The Zimbabwe Times. He was responding to a series of protests by Zimbabwe Youth Network and National Constitutional Assembly members who picketed the embassy four times inside one week.

They were protesting against human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. They asked that an observer mission be allowed into Zimbabwe immediately to investigate the state of affairs in the run-up to the elections on March 29.

They are also demanded that millions of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora be allowed to vote. Khaya-Moyo speaking on the sidelines of the launch of Zanu-PF manifesto in Harare Friday denied that there was any abuse of human rights in Zimbabwe and said the forthcoming elections would be free and fair.

“What basic human rights are being undermined?” he asked.

He said the pro-democracy groups were acting like “spoilt brats”, and that they did not want to answer to anybody.

“They seem to have forgotten that they are Zimbabweans first of all,” he said.

He said the protestors would never accept that any election was free and fair as long as Mugabe wins.

“To them a free and fair election is one in which our President loses,” he said. “That is just unacceptable.”

At a recent protest, Revolutionary Youth Movement of Zimbabwe president Simon Mudekwa is quoted as having demanded that the Zimbabwean general election should be postponed, as it would not be free and fair under current legislation.

He says Zimbabwe must be forced to comply with regional guidelines governing the conduct of elections in SADC.

The youths have threatened to shut down the Zimbabwe embassy in South Africa.

“We have done all we could, tried to go via the SADC member states and the African Union but this dictator called Mugabe does not take heed,” Mudekwa said in a statement sent to The Zimbabwe Times. “The only practical means of dealing with him is to use minimum force such as closing of Zimbabwe embassies throughout the SADC region.”

He said his group wanted the Zimbabwean people to be liberated from oppression just as South Africans had been.

“The playing field before the elections still favours Zanu-PF, as the opposition is denied coverage by publicly funded State media,” Mudekwa said.

ZYM and NCA-SA planned to continue picketing the embassy in the run up to the March 29 election, he said.

He said the protests would culminate in a vigil at Beitbridge on the South African-Zimbabwe border on the night of Friday, March 28, before Zimbabweans go to the polls.

Demos at various points in the world>>>Please listen to Prof Stanford Mukasa's Appeal!

REV HOVE BLASTS GREEDY VULTURES IN THE OPPOSITION FORCES!

I'm in a precarious situation where every word I issue is analysed etc....I mean by the real political players.

I could give more details but not just now.My only worry is that certain among us are well-off and can look after their various relatives and can afford to watch the crisis deteriorating for another year.

A FACTION of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has left the door open for an electoral pact with Zanu PF rebel, Simba Makoni, in a move likely to bolster the former finance minister’s challenge to President Robert Mugabe in presidential elections due on March 29.

"Jonathan Moyo has a right to take part in any initiative" says Qhopheni Ndlovu

This is in reply to Masola Wadabudabu's article on Jonathan Moyo's eligibility to take part in a coalilation. Jonathan Moyo should be involved in any initiative aimed at bettering the life of Zimbabweans and the economic situation in the country.

He has the right to involved in any coalation as long as he is willing and can contribute positively. Its true that there were a lot of changes that he brought during his time as the Minister of Information.PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE!!!

"MDCs PLEASE JOIN MAKONI" PLEADS TEKERE!!!

Edgar Tekere, a Zanu-PF founding member and the organisation’s secretary general until his expulsion in 1989, yesterday appealed to the Movement for Democratic Change parties to set their differences aside and rally behind Dr Simba Makoni’s bid to unseat President Robert Mugabe.

Makoni, a Zanu-PF politburo member until his dismissal from the party yesterday, announced this week that he will challenge Mugabe in next month's presidential election.PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE!!!

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"Why Tsvangirai and Mutambara must make way for Makoni" Innocent Chofamba Sithole

FOLLOWING Simba Makoni’s decision to run for President on March 29, the time may be ripe for opposition faction leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara to pack in and run for parliament instead.

Mutambara acknowledges his limits in the presidential race at the present moment and regards himself really as a future president. This is why, in my opinion, he has been ready at various times in the unity discussions between the two MDC factions to play second fiddle to Morgan.FOR MORE PLEASE CLICK HERE!!!

"SIMBA MAKONI - A PROGRESSIVE FORCE" MUSEKIWA MAKWANYA.

HIS EXCELLENCY??

For the past 8 years Mugabe has wailed that the Britons are responsible for the ills that have befallen Zimbabwe, in turn Morgan has blamed Mugabe.What is the point is that Mugabe as the incumbent leader has failed to protect his country against foreign forces hence he is useless as a leader.

Morgan has failed to oust Bob hence the need to try a new strategy with different people.It is time for both to get out and leave the political scene. They are both not presidential material.

PERSISTENT PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH CONTINUES IN ZIMBABWE!!!

The ZANU PF government continue to persecute the Church of God. Eight Church leaders, including a blind pastor were arrested during a meeting in front of 400 worshippers and detained in police cells in Kadoma (120 km South West of Harare).

"ELECTION BOYCOTT SELF-DEFEATING!" WARNS GARIKAI CHIMUKA

Those who are campaigning for a boycott choose not to tell people that if the MDC boycotts the elections, other smaller parties funded by the regime will mushroom and contest giving Mugabe some modicum of legitimacy.Moreso, within the MDC itself, there are some politicians who believe strongly in participating.

"SWRADIOAFRICA" report....

South African police on Wednesday raided the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg that has been sheltering Zimbabwean refugees, asylum seekers and homeless people. Some of the police were heavily armed as they stormed the church compound around midnight, claiming they were searching for drugs and guns. Although they found nothing they arrested 1500 homeless people. Many have been released without charge but an estimated 300-500 are still in police cells. They are due to appear in court on Friday.PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE!!!

"Zimgreats" report....

As dozens of South African police piled into the tiny room she was sharing with about 30 other Zimbabwean refugees and eight children on Wednesday night, they went first for the men. “They beat them and hit them and pushed them half-naked out of the room. They then turned to the women. First, they harassed, stole and even propositioned them and then ordered them out too. They told the pregnant women to remain behind. I am very happy,” she beamed.

This concerns one Zimbabwean citizen, Jonathan Moyo, PhD, a distinguished professor of political science turned politician. I see the opposition is trying to bring together all anti-Mugabe people under a united front for election purposes. Please do, because it is all necessary, but I write to cry that please don’t include Jonathan Moyo. Hell, No!

DR JOHN MAKUMBE SAYS THE MDC "SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT!"

“The MDC is stuck between a rock and a hard place,” Makumbe said. “This is to say they are in a dilemma whether to participate in the March elections or not. Participating in the elections places them at the risk of a resounding defeat in the elections while boycotting the elections altogether puts them in a precarious position that could easily make them irrelevant to the country’s political landscape.”

WE JOIN ALL PATRIOTS IN MOURNING MS GERTRUDE MTHOMBENI!!!

GRACE KWINJEH MOURNS 'GERTY' VERY HEAVILY!!!

"Gerty died with a conviction that the system of oppression, the barricades set up to exclude others could be dismantled.

Up to her untimely death Gerty and I were in a conversation about choices to do with our future- about the transformation of the MDC into an elite party – about reclaiming the party- about leadership deficiencies in some of our comrades.

This debate was further stimulated by the unfair sacking of Lucia Matibenga, another founder member – another tormented soul.

I was disillusioned – she had hope. I was broken – she was fighting......."